Yesterday in my e-mail, I got a question from a regular LiP reader. His question was on the topic of banking. I won’t share his name, but that is not important anyway. Let’s look at his question and my answer to him, as that may be beneficial for other readers as well. Bob, hoping you […]
Generically speaking…
If you elect to live in the Philippines, one of the things that you have to keep in mind is health care. I mean, health care is relatively inexpensive here, but the costs can add up. You can get certain types of insurance, but the odds of having a medical plan as comprehensive as what […]
Where I live now: Davao City
In 2002, it became evident that we would be moving, as I spelled out in my last article. That move brought us to the City of Davao! Davao City is about 2 to 3 hours drive North of General Santos where we used to live. Davao City is the largest City in Mindanao, with a […]
Where I thought I wanted to live
Before moving to the Philippines, I was very sure about where I wanted to live. I talked about it with friends and family for a number of years. My heart was set, I was going to live in General Santos City. No way that anybody could convince me otherwise. General Santos was a smaller town […]
It’s "Where I Live" week here on LiP!
One of the things that always seems to generate some interest among readers is when we have a discussion of different cities around the Philippines. We all have our preferences of where we might want to live. Sometimes those preferences are set in stone, sometimes they are not. Sometimes, probably most of the time, we […]
Mid-year review
On December 30, 2008, I published a list of Ten Predictions for the Philippines for 2009. Here we are just getting started on July already, so the year is already half way complete! Time flies, don’t you think? I figured it would be a good time to go back and review my Ten Predictions, and […]